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A Methodology to Study the University’s Online Teaching Activity from Virtual Platform Indicators: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

by
Joana Prat
1,*,
Ariadna Llorens
1,
Francesc Salvador
1,
Marc Alier
1 and
Daniel Amo
2
1
ICE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
2
La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 5177; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095177
Submission received: 1 March 2021 / Revised: 25 April 2021 / Accepted: 6 May 2021 / Published: 6 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information Systems, E-learning and Knowledge Management)
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The Covid-19 pandemic led Catalan universities to do all teaching and evaluation online from 11 March 2020 until the end of term on 30 July. Conventional universities made the transition to online teaching in just a few days and suddenly virtual platforms become the centre of interaction between lecturers and students. Data that were obtained from the virtual platforms gave extremely valuable information about what was being done in class. This paper analyses data taken from Atenea, the Moodle virtual platform at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), during quarantine. The key indicators and a data analysis design for Moodle have been proposed, which reveal teaching developments at various levels (overall and at the centre and subject level). This is applied to study data from the UPC Moodle and the results are discussed. The methodology can be extrapolated to other universities with Moodle platforms because the UPC is a set of small campuses and centres.
Keywords: virtual learning environment; learning management system; education; Covid-19; moodle indicators; engineering education virtual learning environment; learning management system; education; Covid-19; moodle indicators; engineering education

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Prat, J.; Llorens, A.; Salvador, F.; Alier, M.; Amo, D. A Methodology to Study the University’s Online Teaching Activity from Virtual Platform Indicators: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5177. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095177

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Prat J, Llorens A, Salvador F, Alier M, Amo D. A Methodology to Study the University’s Online Teaching Activity from Virtual Platform Indicators: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Sustainability. 2021; 13(9):5177. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095177

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Prat, Joana, Ariadna Llorens, Francesc Salvador, Marc Alier, and Daniel Amo. 2021. "A Methodology to Study the University’s Online Teaching Activity from Virtual Platform Indicators: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya" Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5177. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095177

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Prat, J., Llorens, A., Salvador, F., Alier, M., & Amo, D. (2021). A Methodology to Study the University’s Online Teaching Activity from Virtual Platform Indicators: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Sustainability, 13(9), 5177. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095177

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